diff --git a/requirements-hyperopt.txt b/requirements-hyperopt.txt
index 65ebc2e9f..30ae0fac1 100644
--- a/requirements-hyperopt.txt
+++ b/requirements-hyperopt.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
 # Required for hyperopt
-scipy==1.14.0
+scipy==1.14.0; python_version >= "3.10"
+scipy==1.13.1; python_version < "3.10"
 scikit-learn==1.5.0
 ft-scikit-optimize==0.9.2
 filelock==3.15.4